It is always a great learning moment when I host Dr. Mark Donaldson to tell me more about a given topic. This time, I invited him to speak about drug shortages, a phenomenon that oftentimes puts the patient at risk and leaves the oral health provider stranded. His article “Drug Shortages How do we run out […]
On April 19, 2018, the Canadian Dental Association held its Canadian Oral Health Round table; and the theme of this year’s meeting was dentistry and family violence. A panel of various experts presented on the role of the dentist and the dental team in identifying the signs of family violence particularly when these signs present […]
J’ai eu le plaisir de discuter avec le Dr Mitch Taillon, nouveau président de l’ADC pour 2018-2019. Le Dr Taillon est dentiste généraliste à Assiniboia, en Saskatchewan. Il a pris ses fonctions de président le 20 avril dernier. Pendant cette entrevue, j’en apprends un peu plus sur sa vie de dentiste, mais aussi sur […]
I had the pleasure to host Dr. Mitch Taillon, CDA’s new president. Dr. Taillon is a general dentist from Assiniboa, SK. He assumed his new role on April 20th, 2018. In this interview, I wish to present to you a glimpse of his life inside and outside dentistry. My colleagues at the CDA Essentials magazine […]
In an effort to present as many perspectives as possible about the impact of legal cannabis on the profession of dentistry, I have invited Dr. Shelita Dattani, Director of Practice Development and Knowledge Translation at the Canadian Pharmacists Association. Dr. Dattani spoke about the role of the pharmacist in the cannabis conversation. I hope you find […]
Two distinguished experts from King’s College in London were my guests for this posts. They spoke about a recent article they coauthored in the British Dental Journal, titled: Medical conditions and erosive tooth wear. Dental professionals can identify signs and symptoms that suggest that an individual’s erosive tooth wear may be linked to a broader medical problem […]
During the most recent conference of the IADR/AADR/CADR, a variety of new oral health research studies were presented. One of them is the impact of between-meal sugary snacks and beverages on early childhood caries. The topic is somewhat under researched and a group of researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, attempted to […]
Points Saillants Bien que le taux de carie dentaire se soit amélioré au Canada au cours des 40 dernières années, le quart des enfants sont encore touchés par la carie dentaire et la situation est deux à trois fois pire chez les enfants des populations vulnérables. Un rapport récent de l’Institut canadien d’information sur la […]